CVE-2020-2229
Jenkins Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in help icons
8.0
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.6%
Description
Jenkins 2.251 and earlier, LTS 2.235.3 and earlier does not escape the tooltip content of help icons. Tooltip values can be contributed by plugins, some of which use user-specified values. This results in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. Jenkins 2.252, LTS 2.235.4 escapes the tooltip content of help icons.
How to fix CVE-2020-2229
To remediate CVE-2020-2229, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.251.1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.235.4 or later
Is CVE-2020-2229 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.251.1
- from 0, < 2.235.4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |